Machine for applying pulp or fiber to bottles, &amp;c.



No. www. Patented um. 23, |900. w. BURKE @L w. H. HuMPsmm. IMMIHIl-HE I-'l'i APPLYING WUUD PULP 0B FIBERTU BOTTLES, 8m.

(Application led Mar. 17, 1899.)

(No Modal.)

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lUnrrn Srarns artnr IVILLIAM BURKE AND IVILLIAM HENRY THOMPSON, OF EAST STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR APPLYING WOOD PULP OR FIBER TO BOTTLES, do.

SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent No. 660,093, dated October 23, 1900. Application filed March 17, 1899. Serial No. 709,416. (No model.)

To all whom t may cwwlbr the moisture from the pulp may pass. The Be it known that we, WILLIAM BURKE and saucer is likewise perforated, so that the mois- 'WILLIAM HENRY THOMPSON, citizens of the ture from the pulp which is expressed when United States, residing at East Stroudsburg, the bottle is forced downward Will be free to 55 5 Monroe county, State of Pennsylvania, have pass from the saucer. The upper ends of the invented certain new and useful Improvejaws are curved to form lpractically continuments in Machines for Applying Wood Pulp ations of the saucer and to accurately iit the or Fiber to Bottles, Demijohns, and the Like, bottle. The head of the bottle projects beof which the following is a specification. low the jaws, as shown in Fig. 1. 6o 1o Our invention consists in the features of Referringto Fig. 2, it will be seen that each structure and combination of parts hereinafjaw has a lip or extension 14d, which projects ter fully set forth, and particularly pointed in rear of a corresponding inclined face on out in the claims. the adjacent jaw, and by this arrangement In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is Vthe inner surface of1 the chuck is kept con- 65 15 a central vertical section of the machine tinuous for all positions of the jaws, as theinadapted for making bottles. Fig. 2 is a plan clined face of each projection affords a bearview of the chuck and attached parts. Fig. ing or a contact-surface for the edge of the is a bottom plan view of the chuck-operatadjacent jaw in all the positions thereof. ing cam-ring. Fig. e is a side elevation of Ve do not wish to limit ourselves to the 7o 2o the saucer of the bottle-machine. Fig. 5 is a number of chuck-jaws, as any number may face view of one of the chuck-jaws. be used.

A saucer 6 is supported upon the posts l. The pulp is placed on the bottle by hand This saucer isof concave form and is adaptwhile it is in a soft condition, and the jaws ed to t the upper part or shoulder of the then press it into shape. 75 z 5 body of the bottle, so that when the bottle is We claim as our inventionresting in the saucer its neck will depend 1. In combination in a machine for applythrough the central opening thereof into line ing wood pulp or ber to bottles and the like,

with the jaws e, the said jaws being of cona series of chuck-jaws, with means for opercave form on their inner faces and inclining ating them and the saucer for supporting the 8o 3o toward each other downwardly to conform to bottle, said saucer being arranged above the the taper shape of the bottle-neck. The jaws chuck-jaws, substantially as described.

are carried by the stems 7, moving in the 2. In combination in a machine for applyguides b upon the bed-plate 1, and they are oping wood-pulp to bottles, a series of chuckerated toward and from each other by the cam jaws having perforations, means for operat- 8 5 35 9 on the under side of the cam-ring 10, which ing the jaws, a saucer or support for the botis operated by handles 11. The cam-ribs 9 tle above the jaws, said saucer also having extend downwardly between projections 12 perforations, substantially as described.

on the upper faces of the stems 7. We have 3. In combination, the base-plate having shown in the drawings four chuck-jaws, and the guides, the jaws having the stems moving 9o 4o consequently employ four cam-ribs, which, in said guides, the cam-ring above the stems as shown in Fig. 3, are eccentric to the cenand engaging portions thereof, the 'posts eX- ter of the cam-ring. The inner edge of the tending up from the base-plate and the saucer cam-ring bears against the posts land is held supported by said posts above the chuckin place by the pieces 13, secured to the posts. jaws, substantially as described. 9 5 45 When the cam-ring is turned in the direc- In testimony whereof We affix our signation of the arrow, Fig. 2, the chuck-jaws are tures in presence of two witnesses. forced toward each other and they press the WILLIAM BURKE. pulp or fiber which has been placed on the VILLIAM HENRY THOMPSON. bottle rmly thereon and mold it thereto. Witnesses: 5o They have a series of perforations extending JAS. D. BRAMGAN,

:from the inner to the rear faces, through which V. S. LODER. 

